sportlich

[ˈʃpɔʁtlɪç]

/[ˈʃpɔʁtlɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“sportlich” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,857. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,857
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Sport betreffend, zum Sport gehörend

Corpus desk

Index DE-sportlich · sportlich · German

sportlich · rank #6,857 · 15 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,857
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sorten

Nearest frequency peer: Sorten (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „sportlich“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „sportlich“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sportlich vs sportliche
90% similar
sportlich vs sportlichen
82% similar
sportlich vs sportlicher
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sportlich
PropertyValue
Headwordsportlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃpɔʁtlɪç]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,857
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sportlich“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sportlichliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Sorten“ (#6,856), „Statistiken“ (#6,858), „Sätzen“ (#6,859). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sportlich“ bei #6,857. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around sportlich (IPA [ˈʃpɔʁtlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,857 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for sportlich, with forms such as "psortlich", "soprtlich", and "sporltich". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "sportliche", "sportlichen", "sportlicher", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is sportlich, spelled S-P-O-R-T-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Sport betreffend, zum Sport gehörend
  2. 2
    im Sport begabt seiend
  3. 3
    ehrlich, fair; meist im Rahmen eines sportlichen Wettkampfes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sportlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er betreibt so gut wie keine sportlichen Aktivitäten.
  2. „Grundsätzlich gilt die Namensregelung, wonach SUV ungerade Ziffern (Q1, Q3, Q5, etc.) erhalten, die geraden Zahlen dagegen den sportlicheren, eleganteren Crossover-Modellen vorbehalten bleiben.“

Synonyms

athletischdurchtrainiertfitanständigaufrichtigehrlichfair

Antonyms

unsportlich

This word in other languages

athletic(English)deportista(Español)sportif(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psortlich
  • soprtlich
  • sporltich
  • sporrtlich
  • sportilch
  • sportlcih
  • sportlicch
  • sportlichh
  • sportlihc
  • sportllich
  • sporttlich
  • spotrlich
  • spportlich
  • sprotlich
  • ssportlich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sportlich - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

psortlich2soprtlich2sporltich2sporrtlich1sportilch2sportlcih2sportlicch1sportlichh1
Edit distance from "sportlich"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sportlich"?
"sportlich" is spelled S-P-O-R-T-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɔʁtlɪç].
What does "sportlich" mean?
As an adjective, "sportlich" means: den Sport betreffend, zum Sport gehörend
What words are commonly confused with "sportlich"?
"sportlich" is commonly confused with "sportliche", "sportlichen", "sportlicher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sportlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sportlich" is [ˈʃpɔʁtlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sportlich" come from?
"sportlich" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sportlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tatsachen#6,860Techniker#6,861Scheidung#6,852vereinten#6,869

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

unheimlich15 variantsvergleiche15 variantsverweigert15 variantsNeuigkeiten15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list